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How does Git think about the history of your project?

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  1. As a series of snapshots of the whole project
  2. As a list of line-by-line differences
  3. As one file that is overwritten each save

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  1. Pro Git book: What is Git? git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-What-is-Git%3F Checked 2026-10-10.

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